it's not about air circulation when sleeping on piercings - it's the pressure created that causes irritation and pressure bumps (hypertrophic scarring)
@@sheilagray3541 don't give babies ear piercings. Let them ask for piercings by their own will when they're old enough to ask, and then take them to a proper piercing studio and none of those poorly cleaned piercing guns.
@@Call-me-Al I’d do the same if I were in the business. I’m old school, my mom took me to the neighbor down the block when I was a baby, they’d either put a string through it or a straw from a broom & we were fine. I used a kit from Shein & properly disinfected everything & it’s fine.
Working at a tattoo/piercing studio, it baffles me how some people come in and want to have like 6 piercings at the same time. One day we had a customer who got 10 altogether in both ears (she was a trooper though). They are not common but they happen. I might have missed something on social media and the trend of "curating" your ears (no offense, it really is just new and somewhat weird to me as a concept). Some things I personally would highlight to those who are looking to get ear piercings or piercings in general. Piercings can take a WHOLE YEAR if not longer to heal. And ear piercings have a tendency to be problematic for a number of reasons... hair, headphones, hats, sleeping position, the constant need to fidget with them, touch them etc. Or someone else touches it by accident, yanks it... It's a long healing process. Take it one by one, you have no rush, and you certainly won't be "better" or "worse" if you have less piercings at a time. Some piercings may not be properly pierced on the first try. Or even the second. If you have had a piercing that just never wanted to heal, you have to take the hint. Your body doesn't want it. And it's okay to let them go sometimes, and try again when healed. Always consult your piercer whether a certain piercing is a good fit for you. If they tell you it's not a good idea because of your anatomy or your life stlye, don't get offended. They are trying to save you the trouble. Also one thing. Your piercings may start giving you pain even after it's healed. I said goodbye to my conch after it made my ear go numb whenever I slept on it. Even after I removed the piercing, I had this pain for a very long time.
Your Bit About Letting It Go 😢 I’ve Had A Anti-Helix Piercing For About 5 Years Now But Still Looked The Same The Day It’s Pierced, Swollen Gets Crusty I Dunno If I Should Take It Out But Piercers I’ve Seen Said It’s Still “Healing” But I Know My Body And Never Had A Issue With A Piercing Unlike This One So Unsure What To Do About That Piercing, Leaving It For Now 🫤
@@lilacfoofness I think it might be better to let it go and get it done again if you absolutely want it back. I had a helix for a very short period of time exactly because i just couldn't get it to heal.
i have a question🤍…. i want my 2nd lobe piercing but i’m a high school athlete and not allowed to wear earrings during some events, how many months would it be safe to wear a clear spacer after getting the piercing?
I have 26 ear piercings (two left nostril piercings and a septum piercing) and I swear by a travel pillow! The only jewelry that I do not change myself are my daith and septum. Btw I am 67 years old. You are never too old for piercings!
My favorite piece of advice as someone who has 10+ piercings. Target Sterile Saline Spray. Clean at least once a day with a qtip around the piercing. Then leave it alone. No soap. If it is inflamed then soak a cotton round with sterile saline spray and let it sit around the piercing (both sides). This has helped me more than anything. Also pro tip… get piercings in fall after summer swimming 👍
In the climate I’m from it has always made the most sense to me to get ear piercings in sprigtime when it is already warm enough to not wear a hat and not warm enough to go swimming - it usually gives a nice month or two depending on the year without either problem and it is usually ok to swim after that (and you don’t have to worry about hats for many months to come 😂).
getting piercings in the fall is not a good idea if you live somewhere where it gets really cold fast. i live in the upper midwest and would not recommend getting piercings in the fall. springtime is probs universally the best time to get a piercing
@@Ririi20 Clean pool swimming would be best but shower after and give it a thorough rinse. Hot tubs and natural bodies of water harbor bacteria and can cause infections. Infections in your ear can be dangerous.
Also, I recommend scheduling your piercings for the weather. It gets HOT where Im at so I get mine in autumn/winter. Avoids a lot of sweaty infections, and lets me take out any nicer pieces if Im going swimming. Give yourself about 3-6 months of leeway. Also I know this video is about ears, but prepare your kitchen for mouth piercings. Soft foods so you dont accidentally bite your piercing out. I had a snakebite pop through the skin trying to eat some pizza, learn from my mistakes.
I cannot recommend enough a travel pillow! I got piercings in each of my ears and I couldn’t sleep on one side unless it was on my back and these travel pillows are cheap and helped so much and so comfortbale
This was SO helpful! I’m pretty much done with my piercings (I have 5 in one ear and 3 in the other) but you gave excellent tips. I’ve never heard of the piercing ratio! 🤯 And I love the idea of photo shopping piercings on a picture of your ear. Thank you for mentioning that piercings are not necessarily easy and that they are traumatic, because some people underestimate the amount of time that they will take to heal.
Thank you for sharing. Just did my lobe and helix piercing today, I’m a first timer, and can’t stop watching videos about piercing 😅 been a week of watching videos now (Dos and donts, after care, and all).
Thank you for this video! I'm in the "research" stage of deciding what piercings I want, what I want the finished look to be and adding in healing time between them. I'm a fairly small person, and wear small jewelry so that's a factor in my decision making as well.
This might help: my triple forward helix (2015) took 1.5 years and my rook one about 9 months to fully heal. Surgical steel worked best for me. Whenever there was a flare up I used the aftercare spray. Make sure not to have any hair products like sprays come into contact with the healing piercings. Be patient and don’t swap the jewelry until the healing is complete. I had to take out all piercings for a medical procedure. The rook was already starting to close up within 24 hours even after 2 years. In terms of jewelry, Maria Tash has basic and dainty pieces that are expensive but look amazing. Perfect as a one-time investment if you know what you want and are not planning to swap the jewelry constantly.
Your piercing placements are absolutely fine! Playing with jewelry till you find the right balance is key. My piercer put my conch piercing higher than I had pictured it should be. And I ended up being very happy with the placement. It looks straight out from my conch above the center. I recommend something more on your helix piercing. Looking good! Don't be hard on yourself. I look at my piercings as handmade artistic additions to my natural self. Handmade artistic creations are typically not perfect. Therein lies its own perfection.
@@DiamondsRexpensive Navajo carpet weavers purposely weave an error into each carpet. They believe that nothing is perfect except for God's work and they believe that things are perfect in their imperfection. That was my original exposure to the idea that an error is not only okay but sometimes desirable. And I have since learned some other cultures have a similar practice of sorts. We look for Easter eggs in movies. Sometimes "accidents" are happy ones. Especially in art.
Neilmed piercing wound spray! I cannot recommend this product enough. I just got a double helix, tragus, conch and rook done in my right ear and this product has been overwhelmingly useful! I’m getting a flat and forward helix on this ear soon before moving to my left ear once these are healed up enough.
@@EmilyDowgialo They are beautiful for a good statement piece! I also have small stretched holes for the first piercing in my lobes! The aftercare has greatly improved from when I started getting piercings in the 00s lol! It’s nice that things can just heal more naturally and how people are caring about the balance and aesthetic.
As someone who has many piercings myself, I have with my recent piercings finally tried the special piercing pillows and I’m not sure why I didn’t know about them when I was younger. I love them and they’re worth it. I had 3 cartilage piercings recently done and they’re a lot happier with me using this pillow.
I appreciate this video. I’m in my 30’s and I’m at the point in my life that I wanted to treat myself by gifting myself the piercings that I always wanted (just second lobe piercings). But I have been admiring so many of the newer or more popular styles of piercings. I took a pictures of each of my ears and mapped out what I wanted the final look to be and consulted with the piercer when I went to get my lobes pierced. I’m so glad I did, because one of the things I wanted, I just don’t have the anatomy for. The piercer gave me alternate suggestions to think about which was great.
Recently got a conch and I sleep on both sides! I bought a travel pillow and wow what a game changer I wished I realized that was an option for my previous piercings!!
I currently have 11 piercings in each ear, I have pretty much every type you could get or have had them in the past. My best advice to anyone doing this is slow and steady the average person can heal 3 to 4 at a time and most take an entire year to heal so getting 2 or 3 in one sitting and then 2 or 3 more a few months later means you’d have 4-6 all healing at once so none of them will heal their best so wait! Second one side at a time and don’t sleep on them especially at the beginning when your jewellery is larger they can migrate and change angles. And third leave them alone, no twisting, pulling, changing them. Clean once or twice as day either with a sterile saline made for piercings or just warm water in the shower
Thank you for the advice!! My double vertical helix piercings will be healed when i get new piercings they are healing really good taking good care off them and in 6 months im going to get a new piercing!
My piercer has helped me tremendously you’re right my ears and get them where they are today. They’re not finished but they’re beautiful. I love them at the moment that they are where they are now now they’re not finished and I have to wait. I’m giving myself a year off just to give a break for my ears and just so they don’t have any piercings to heal but I’m giving my ears a break, but it’s always important to talk to your piercer. She was the one that help me figure out that I wanted to conch piercings are stacked conch. She help me figure out how to fix back when I was younger I went to a non-professional place to get my ear.
I think I'm done with just 4 on my left ear but I finally started with my right ear this year and I'm so glad I've been doing it one at a time. Holes can move as it heals and I get to know the type of jewelry I eventually want in it so I can ask the piercer to space it better rather than them sticking to the "standard spacing"
I’ve been thinking about piercing my ears. Redoing my earlobes and then getting my first cartilage piercing. I found a piercing shop that actually has curating services. Great advice!
In order; right ear: 3 lobes, conch, rook, helix, low helix, stacked lobe. Left ear; 3 lobes, helix, daith, low helix, stacked lobe, flat, conchrim/snonch. It took me 8 YEARS to get to this point. Started with my right ear, then one on the left, one on the right etc. Waited till it was completely healed in between. I LOVE my piercings now, you def shouldnt rush them!
i like that you said subjective. i too have multiple piercings. a good friend, who's opinion i trust, counciled me to stop putting earrings in because the look was too much for our office. she was right but i didn't want my piercings to close. on weekends i would wear earrings. glad i did. new job and now rocking new earrings!
I got a second piercing on my lobe at the mall, and my goodness do I regret it 🙃 It was a gun piercing, so it ended up being too tight and the stud nearly sank into the wound. I literally got up in the middle of the night, loosened the clasp and cleaned it with salt water. Only then did I feel relief and it healed properly. GO TO A PIERCER! 😂
I think your tips are SPOT ON! Start with a side, and I think starting with the inner-ear (near the face), and moving outwards will be the best for design purposes. I started with a daith on one ear, and a rook on the other. Then I decided where I wanted other piercings once I saw how it looked. Keep in mind also that the jewelry you need to be pierced with with won't necessarily be what you put in the end, so it may be better to wait until the piercing is healed enough to switch the jewelry out before adding other piercings to the ear. I ended up taking a photo of each of my ears, and drawing on them to see what I liked best. Make sure to take a side view and a front view photo, because some piercings are visible only at certain angles. A travel pillow helped me tremendously because I ONLY sleep on my sides. Also wear your hair up as much as possible.
Good idea I never thought of starting from the inner near the face . I’m thinking of conch, Tragus, triple reverse helix . The Rest of the cartilage I’m not sure . I’m not super crazy about the rest of the outer cartilage , I find it a bit boring ….not sure why I mean it looks good I suppose it’s been over done like the lobes . I’m thinking if I should mirror the ears for symmetry or not , depends on anatomy or if it’s possible dependent on my ears . But thanks for the advice.
This is also why you talk to your piercer. I talked to mine and she is my year stylist person and she hasn’t pierced my ears since sixth I wanna say August of last year. She won’t be piercing my ears this year because I’m just I’m taking a break but she’s a great stylist and everything but I talked to her about my piercings. We figured out what I want in my ears and she has been such a lovely lady and she’s been helping me create my ears and making them beautiful and so it’s really important. You talk to your piercer because once your piercing. Holes are there and healed and you’ve had them for a couple of years. They no longer Wilcox so you’re stuck with them they’re.
Nice video!I love piercings, i have 15 holes in my left ear and 12 in my right, in the first 3 holes I have hoops in graduated sizes and in the remaining holes huggies, alternating yellow and white gold.Have you thought about making a video of your jewelry collection?
I have 2 helix piercings a year apart. First one was impulse and the gun was used (I had no idea), the second with the needle. They have taken so long to heal. I had a silver hoop put in one after a few years and my cartilage became infected. My entire ear was bright red, and stopped where there was no cartilage. I had gone through years of pain and wasn’t going to remove them. My doctor had me on antibiotics and advised I could try bioflex with a flat back. I haven’t looked back, worked like a dream. I would love to get my tragus done, but am worried it will affect wearing ear pods or even ear plugs. Great video!!!!
My tip for healing a cartilage piercing is. After you changed it to a shorter bar and it’s still not getting better than CHANGE IT INTO A RING until your swelling goes down! It worked for me…
I’m not speaking from a professional stand point… I’m speaking out of experience as I stated“It worked for me”… Thanks for sharing if it didn’t work for you ✌🏼
Needless to say, she put my third lobe in the spot where it belongs where you normally would put a third load if the second lobe was perfectly in the perfect centred spot that it was supposed to be but the way she fixed it was she suggested when I went to go get my third lobes done she was like well. You do have a lovely space where we could put a stacked lobe piercing. Needless to say I love that suggestion thought about it for about two months or so went back and got it done along with a second helix I got my stacked load along with my second helix and I love it. I love my ears now she fix that out and it’s beautiful. She put my beautiful, lovely snug piercing and I love that piercing it’s one of my favourites and it’s been a tricky heal but I’m getting it to heal and it’s been getting better and better as it gets older. It’s now a year and two months old so it’s not as flurry as it used to be my snug used to be really like upset all the time and get infected easy but now it doesn’t anymore it’s healing. It’s healthy. It’s doing well, but my snug piercing is one of the things I love and it was one that was suggested to me when I was getting my third helix for my 23rd birthday and it was a present my grandma had paid for. But yes, always talk to your peers are and work with your piercer to curate your ears and make them the way you want. She’ll figure out my ears and they’re coming along and they’re beautiful and I love them the way they are now and I know all of them when they’re finished. I still have some piercings to get him. I still have to finish my ear Curation, but other than that I love them as they are now right now.
I got my first cartilage piercing 2 days ago. Been watching videos about how to take care of it. I definitely should have done some research before getting one. I didn’t know this takes a long time to heal and there are also risks. But it is what it is. I hope I’m doing everything right and that my piercing will heal nicely. Thank you for this video!
Ahhh yes changing the rook is soo frustrating too! Fabulous tips, well done. I’m thankful to’ve seen this before doing more. Your final result (or result so far) looks great. 🙏
Girl same my helix got so swollen I was so shocked I had no idea it was a common thing to the point they purposefully give you a longer bar. It was swollen for 2 days and I was waking up at night from the pain, so I started salt water soaks and it was only half as red/swollen the next day...and day after that completely gone! I wish I'd known that could happen sooner and that it was potentially an easy fix. I was also that person who walked in and wanted a helix piercing on each ear thinking it would be easy to deal with....I am so glad my piercer convinced me it was a bad idea.
@@starlight3966 I think sea salt is best but I used regular salt and seemed to work fine. I mix half a teaspoon in about 50ml of hot water then top it up with cold. It shouldn't be super salty, roughly like tears saltiness. I hope that helps!
i’m 13 and got a helix piercing a few months ago, it was fully healed but i got a bump and thought if i took the earring out the lump would go away 😃 anyway long story short i need to get it repierced 👍
You've convinced me i need to go in and switch out my bars for the shorter kind. I got 2 new piercings on my right ear a few months ago, the traegis piecring and then a 2nd on my lobe. the place i went to actually limits piercings to 2 at a time and doesnt do additional piercings before a 4 month wait in between each 2 which is actually really great cuz i went in with no knowledge and was ready to do more but im glad i didn't. It's still healing, i made the same mistake you did where my guard dropped after around a month and it got a little infected cuz i messed with it - i wash my ears regularly, like at least 3 times a day (im muslim/wudu for prayers), so ive been able to keep infection to a minimum but i got them in june and it's october now and i just want them to be fully healed already... i know i still have a long way to go though since like u said a year is typical for healing.. next i want to get 2 new ones on my left lobe (i just have the single lobe piercing there) i feel like that will be an interesting balance. I'm definitely not in a rush now, especially knowing now how annoying it can feel when still healing, I'll take it slow.
I had been planning my piercings for years left ear: 3 lobes, tregus, daith, small conch, flat, faux rook, and double forwards helix. Right ear: 4 lobes, tregus, conch, rook, outter helix, single forward helix. Facial piercing: left double eyebrow, septum, right nostril stud, right cheekbone dermal anchor, left side beauty mark, Lebret.
This is such a helpful video - thanks so much! I am leaning towards a Daith piercing, but now I think I will consult my piecer to evaluate what style I can accommodate... I like the idea of taking a pic and playing around with the look that I would like best
I went to get my daith pierced and my piercer told me that they could do it but it wouldn't be a good idea because that part of my ear was so small. They recommended not getting it pierced as it would cause so many problems. They told me a rook piercing would work great and look good instead and honestly I love it more than the daith.
I got my daith done and I love it. Hurt super mega bad but now that it’s healed enough for me to change earrings out I love it. Also it stopped my migraines
For me, cartilage piercings.... They are just too darn sore for too darn long😂. It was many many months, maybe a year. Mine never got infected but sore none the less
I have a tip for people who want Gauged piercings, this includes ur ears, cartilage, septums, whatever it is that u can stretch. Stay at whatever goal size you're reaching for a minimum of 3 months. And no this has nothing to do with the evasion of blowouts, I cannot tell u how many times I've said to myself "Oh imna stop here" and then I don't. I've wasted sooooo much money, so do urself a favor, stretch to ur goal size and just stay there for 3 to 5 months, and if u still wanna stretch then go for it and only buy like three pairs of jewelry at most! Very important, don't buy a haul until' you've stayed a certain size for a minimum of 5 months! Just so people know the sizes by view 2 - 10mm is considered small, 12 - 20mm is considered medium, 22 - 30mm is considered large and anything bigger than 32mm is considered XL. At 30mm that's when u become really well noticed but if u wanna be a freak (it's a compliment in this community to be called a freak) then u gotta go past the 38mm mark. Most popular sizes are 10mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm and 38mm, most common size people stop at is 25mm which is where I'm at and I think 25mm has the most jewelry options available, so yeah, be aware of these things.
My first cartilage piercing was my tragus too! I got it a little over a month ago now and it still feels a teeny bit sore but otherwise it’s healing really well. I want to get a daith next. I’m trying to get my right ear finished and healed before I start the left ear since I sleep on my left side. This video was super helpful!
My took about a year to heal, that was due to have a few bumps and the jewellery kept coming out and I’d spend like 20 minutes getting it back in. I’ve now had mine for about 3 years and no problems
Luckily the one she mostly irritated more than my nonhealed one she luckily the one she did irritate was the one that was healed and was like 10 years old, so I was able to keep the jewellery out and the Holden clothes cause I had gotten that piercing when I was 13 years old so
I am bummed. I wanted my daith peirced but, I have been told by a couple of peircers that my ear doesnt have the anatomy to keep one. That it isnt thick enough to hold one over time. I wasn't shocked I thought that could be what they would say from pictures of other ears. Just bummed, but glad they were honest.
I had 3 done at the same time, and I have autoimmune disease - It really triggered my autoimmune response and everything got really inflamed. I ended up having 2 of them removed. The tragus stayed in because the piercer couldn't get it out (after a month). It's not inflamed but it does still have a large nub around the back and is not flat to the tragus, but I'm just leaving the hell alone (cleaning it with saline solution) and hoping for the best
Girl, thank you so much! This was really helpful. I loved the idea to photoshop your ear with the earring you’d like just to confirm it is what you’ll really get 😂
When I turned 15 I got my cartilage pierced at Claire's. The lady just told me to clean it with the solution daily and turn the earring so the solutions can get in there. I should have done my research because apparently the type of earring that they use is a big no. The war swells a little bit and you need to have something that would accommodate that. I got it pierced with a gun which was another mistake. Also I was never told and like I said I never did my research on how to properly take care of it so I slept on it a lot. I always cleaned it and I was always careful not to get my hair caught in it or anything else. It never healed up properly because it was always sore. When I took the earring out and tried to put in another one I was so mad and disappointed. None of the earrings I had bought fit. The whole was too small.
Awkward I was younger. I went to a non-professional place to get my ears pierced. Long story short. This one lady was cross side. She pierced it correctly in the on my first year, so my second load is perfectly centred and where it supposed to be but on my other ear, it wasn’t it was pierced close together to my first load and so when my piercer saw me she knew that that happened and she said well you have two options you can either take out the piercing with the whole clothes and get it repaired but because at that point by the time she suggested I was 22 at the time I think and I had had my second holes since I was 14 years old so I was like yeah that isn’t gonna work anymore Because my second holes are just stuck I said my my second holes are they are where they are and I will never close and I said because of my low vision and everything that’s just where my piercing has always been so I’m just used to sticking an earring there, and I know where it goes
I got my first set of earlobe piercings back in Late April of this year and for me the pain went down by a lot after a week and since then it has been healing at a steady pace. I usually sleep on my left side but I have no problems sleeping on my back although at the time I wasn't sure if I would stay in that sleep position since sometimes I do tend to toss and turn a bit in my sleep. Luckily I only had a few incidents of moving to my side in my sleep so far and it feels like its almost done healing at 8 weeks. I predict that I can safely change my earrings out in 4 more weeks! I can't wait! :D
I got a rook on one ear and two cartilage piercings on the other ear. I kept them for a year before taking them out and letting them hear. My 3 kids at the time kept smacking them. They kept getting infected and my youngest at the time would climb in bed with us and literally punch me in the ear🤣😭💀 literally so painful. And always infected. I have to wait for my youngest now to get older before I try again. But I used a travel pillow and it was so nice being able to sleep on any side I wanted.
You can sleep on it, just buy a donut pillow, and sleep with your ear on the hole...i just bought a donut plushie for cheap compared to the one you showed and it's perfect!
Another thing with having a too-long barbell is when they're sliding around they're bringing in bacteria and crusties which increases irritation and chances of infection. Downsizing is important!
Yep, I got my conch done at the end of April. I had no issues except after waking up, I changed it out to a shorter normal bar, and it's like I've had this piercing for years now. I downsized earlier than they wanted, but my gut was telling me to do it sooner, and I'm glad I did.
the thing with choosing the metal is that I know I'm a gold girl but they don't really set piercings with any gold metals, only the industrial steel so I'm gonna be stuck with the gold/'silver' look for a while to come haha
steel is wrong for a fresh piercing and shouldn't be used, since it contains a lot of nickel. The only material appropriate for a fresh piercing is titanium which can be anodized to be almost any colour, including golden. That's what a truly professional piercer with updated knowledge will propose to you
@@juliakrol7186 After posting this comment I realised that I had said the wrong material in this comment and it is indeed titanium that is currently in my ear. When I realised it was simply already to late and I forgot where I had left this comment in my 'research' on yt. I didn't know that there were options for colours with this material tho, but I think my piercer simply didn't have that option, my only option was to either have the silver ball or a stone at the end of the bar and I just ended op going with the normal silver coloured ball. It actually looks really good and it doesn't bother me at all that it's a different colour. Thank you for correcting me tho :))
I'm having the shen men piercing next. In my opinion I don't think you should have a piercing done if you have one that hasn't fully healed yet. Once the shen men heals ill have the rook done.
My daughter in law showed me to use a travel pillow fastened at the bottom so that your ear doesn't touch the pillow at all. I had a conch piercing two weeks ago and I have to say I have not had any problems so far.
Uff in the last year I got 5 piercings in my cartilage areas and man! The healing has been tough. My daith has a bump and my two conch piercings are sore and have bumps. I started doing salt soaks a week ago and got some oil from Amazon. Finally they are shrinking 😩
Currently in the process or curating my ears I have 3 lobes, a conch hoop, and a tragus on my left side and 4 lobes on my right and I’m getting my daith on my left today and maybe a helix or flat
I have one of those pillows It's very comfortable but even at that I'd wait a few weeks. That said healing is a marathon not a sprint no one seems to think about that at first you dont know untill youve tried
I just got my first helix done yesterday and as of rn I can’t feel it (I could feel it kinda tingling until like a few hours ago) but I’ve been trying to find a saline solution thats effective cuz I just have my Claire’s solution I got YEARS ago cuz even tho I have no problem with my helix rn, but I wanna do it right and clean it regularly to prevent bumps 😅 if anyones curious! I got it by needle and I would say it was a solid 3/3.5 out of 10 on the pain scale, in comparison my lobes (I have 2 on both sides and a new 3rd on one) were a 1/2, theres like 2 rounds to the pain lol the initial piercing and when they insert the earring, accidentally hitting the piercing with ur mask us so real 😭 I forget about it and it hurts a bit, it’s rlly cute tho I don’t regret 🥰
we have the exact piercings in the same places and the same ears i currently have a healed helix, unhealed conch, 3 lobes and a healed daith. i wanna get a traigus next
Just got my tragus piercing today this is the 2nd time hope it heal well this time. Got mine pierced years ago but it didn’t heal properly & swelled so badly. Hope this time my tragus piercing will heal properly 🙏
I have the same problem. I think the problem is the the pillow and We always touch Our Helix piercings. The important is don’t touch it ! I know it’s hard to not touch it but it can be help.
I have a scaffold, 10mm stretched, conch and helix. Scaffold was the worst to heal but tea tree oil and almond oil carrier together sorted out the pressure piercing bump and helped it heal properly
When I got my helix I was asked what side I sleep on, I said both sides, it really didn’t matter what side I got the piercing on. They recommend me a neck pillow to use so I could sleep on the same side my helix was on, so I wouldn’t accidentally sleep on it, causing a pressure bump. You use the pillow like a hole, not around your neck like an actual neck pillow. It took my helix so long to heal, it was during the pandemic & my mask would constantly catch on it. I also took the piercing out a lot earlier than they said I could since I was very impatient. A bunch of other stuff happened as well. If anyone wants more stories about my piercings, just let me know & I can post a video about it on my RUclips channel.
Annnd this is why I can't have any ear piercings 😅 I am SUCH a restless sleeper, insomnia sucks. Hip pain sucks. I toss and turn all night and I CANNOT fall asleep on my back at all. I tried when I had COVID to sleep on my back with my head raised up, ended up staying awake for 3 nights without realizing that it's not possible for me to sleep on my back. Same when I got my wisdom teeth out, ended up staying awake for 3 or 4 nights straight because I couldn't sleep on my back.
I want a faith piercing. I have standard ears pierced however when I was little they pierced it too low so I gotta go to a dermatologist or plastic surgeon to sow it up so I can re pierce it higher. So I think I wanna get the dairy piercing on the left side of my face. As the lower piercing is on my right ear. Thoughts?
Any good piercer will give you printed aftercare instructions, as well as verbal instructions. I've had my piercings for years, and I kept the now outdated printed instructions. Even now I use Neilmed piercing aftercare spray to clean my healed piercings twice daily. Neilmed is the best to use on piercings new and old. I even still sleep on a travel donut pillow. My latest piercing is a 4 gauge dermal punched conch, which hurt like heck, but is now 3 years old and well healed. It took 9 months to heal. None of my 28 piercings have ever given me a bit of trouble. I downsized when I was supposed to, and followed aftercare instructions to the letter. All of my piercings (except for the dermal punched conch) are at least 30 years old. (Jan Griffiths).
I just got my helix done. I do understand that I cant change it til healed. Instead of a ball on both sides. Its one ball and one flat piece. I dont like it. But I know it is temporary. I am pretty sure I want a white gold bumble bee.
it's not about air circulation when sleeping on piercings - it's the pressure created that causes irritation and pressure bumps (hypertrophic scarring)
Does it go away tho?
Air circulation? Uh ,That’s what I was thinking, cuz how do you keep a baby from sleeping on their ears after an ear piercing?
@@sheilagray3541 don't give babies ear piercings. Let them ask for piercings by their own will when they're old enough to ask, and then take them to a proper piercing studio and none of those poorly cleaned piercing guns.
@@Call-me-Al I’d do the same if I were in the business.
I’m old school, my mom took me to the neighbor down the block when I was a baby, they’d either put a string through it or a straw from a broom & we were fine.
I used a kit from Shein & properly disinfected everything & it’s fine.
@@sheilagray3541 i got a piercing as a baby and mine did not turn out fine. It's their body, don't do a permanent alteration for just selfish reasons.
Working at a tattoo/piercing studio, it baffles me how some people come in and want to have like 6 piercings at the same time. One day we had a customer who got 10 altogether in both ears (she was a trooper though). They are not common but they happen. I might have missed something on social media and the trend of "curating" your ears (no offense, it really is just new and somewhat weird to me as a concept).
Some things I personally would highlight to those who are looking to get ear piercings or piercings in general.
Piercings can take a WHOLE YEAR if not longer to heal. And ear piercings have a tendency to be problematic for a number of reasons... hair, headphones, hats, sleeping position, the constant need to fidget with them, touch them etc. Or someone else touches it by accident, yanks it... It's a long healing process. Take it one by one, you have no rush, and you certainly won't be "better" or "worse" if you have less piercings at a time.
Some piercings may not be properly pierced on the first try. Or even the second. If you have had a piercing that just never wanted to heal, you have to take the hint. Your body doesn't want it. And it's okay to let them go sometimes, and try again when healed.
Always consult your piercer whether a certain piercing is a good fit for you. If they tell you it's not a good idea because of your anatomy or your life stlye, don't get offended. They are trying to save you the trouble.
Also one thing. Your piercings may start giving you pain even after it's healed. I said goodbye to my conch after it made my ear go numb whenever I slept on it. Even after I removed the piercing, I had this pain for a very long time.
I Did That 😅 Got My 4s 5s 6s 7s 8s At The Same Time, Wanted Them To Heal Together Than To Keep Coming Back Every Few Months
Your Bit About Letting It Go 😢
I’ve Had A Anti-Helix Piercing For About 5 Years Now But Still Looked The Same The Day It’s Pierced, Swollen Gets Crusty I Dunno If I Should Take It Out But Piercers I’ve Seen Said It’s Still “Healing” But I Know My Body And Never Had A Issue With A Piercing Unlike This One So Unsure What To Do About That Piercing, Leaving It For Now 🫤
I had my 5th piercing after all the done before closing and right now it's positive but the con is my hole is black.
@@lilacfoofness I think it might be better to let it go and get it done again if you absolutely want it back. I had a helix for a very short period of time exactly because i just couldn't get it to heal.
i have a question🤍…. i want my 2nd lobe piercing but i’m a high school athlete and not allowed to wear earrings during some events, how many months would it be safe to wear a clear spacer after getting the piercing?
I have 26 ear piercings (two left nostril piercings and a septum piercing) and I swear by a travel pillow! The only jewelry that I do not change myself are my daith and septum. Btw I am 67 years old. You are never too old for piercings!
Wow damn!that's cool
Go girl!!! I have 10 piercings and love them and getting 3 more this weekend
😮😮😮
I just a travel pillow as well. The best tip!
I love that you're older and have piercings!!
My favorite piece of advice as someone who has 10+ piercings. Target Sterile Saline Spray. Clean at least once a day with a qtip around the piercing. Then leave it alone. No soap. If it is inflamed then soak a cotton round with sterile saline spray and let it sit around the piercing (both sides). This has helped me more than anything.
Also pro tip… get piercings in fall after summer swimming 👍
Do NOT get ear piercings that cannot handle earmuffs and hats in fall if you MUST wear ear coverings in cold weather. I learned the hard way :D
In the climate I’m from it has always made the most sense to me to get ear piercings in sprigtime when it is already warm enough to not wear a hat and not warm enough to go swimming - it usually gives a nice month or two depending on the year without either problem and it is usually ok to swim after that (and you don’t have to worry about hats for many months to come 😂).
getting piercings in the fall is not a good idea if you live somewhere where it gets really cold fast. i live in the upper midwest and would not recommend getting piercings in the fall. springtime is probs universally the best time to get a piercing
I am a swimmer and go every week so… 😭 I guess I’m gonna have to suffer 🫣
@@Ririi20 Clean pool swimming would be best but shower after and give it a thorough rinse. Hot tubs and natural bodies of water harbor bacteria and can cause infections. Infections in your ear can be dangerous.
Also, I recommend scheduling your piercings for the weather. It gets HOT where Im at so I get mine in autumn/winter. Avoids a lot of sweaty infections, and lets me take out any nicer pieces if Im going swimming. Give yourself about 3-6 months of leeway. Also I know this video is about ears, but prepare your kitchen for mouth piercings. Soft foods so you dont accidentally bite your piercing out. I had a snakebite pop through the skin trying to eat some pizza, learn from my mistakes.
I cannot recommend enough a travel pillow! I got piercings in each of my ears and I couldn’t sleep on one side unless it was on my back and these travel pillows are cheap and helped so much and so comfortbale
I need to try a travel pillow! You've convinced me haha
Yes 100%
And ty for giving me a heart glad I helped (:
I got a "piercing pillow" on Amazon for like 20$ and it was an instant life saver. Totally regret not getting one sooner
@@droid2D2C3P0 oh is a piercing pillow like a travel pillow?!
This was SO helpful! I’m pretty much done with my piercings (I have 5 in one ear and 3 in the other) but you gave excellent tips. I’ve never heard of the piercing ratio! 🤯 And I love the idea of photo shopping piercings on a picture of your ear. Thank you for mentioning that piercings are not necessarily easy and that they are traumatic, because some people underestimate the amount of time that they will take to heal.
The piercing ratio blew my mind too! 🤯 I totally agree, I think people can understand estimate the healing process (I definitely did)
Thank you for sharing.
Just did my lobe and helix piercing today, I’m a first timer, and can’t stop watching videos about piercing 😅 been a week of watching videos now (Dos and donts, after care, and all).
Less is more. The less you touch your piercings, the better they will heal.
Thank you for this video! I'm in the "research" stage of deciding what piercings I want, what I want the finished look to be and adding in healing time between them. I'm a fairly small person, and wear small jewelry so that's a factor in my decision making as well.
Ohhh this is such a fun stage!
This might help: my triple forward helix (2015) took 1.5 years and my rook one about 9 months to fully heal. Surgical steel worked best for me. Whenever there was a flare up I used the aftercare spray. Make sure not to have any hair products like sprays come into contact with the healing piercings. Be patient and don’t swap the jewelry until the healing is complete.
I had to take out all piercings for a medical procedure. The rook was already starting to close up within 24 hours even after 2 years.
In terms of jewelry, Maria Tash has basic and dainty pieces that are expensive but look amazing. Perfect as a one-time investment if you know what you want and are not planning to swap the jewelry constantly.
@@Urmomlolllllllthanks sm that was so helpful 😍
Your piercing placements are absolutely fine! Playing with jewelry till you find the right balance is key. My piercer put my conch piercing higher than I had pictured it should be. And I ended up being very happy with the placement. It looks straight out from my conch above the center. I recommend something more on your helix piercing. Looking good! Don't be hard on yourself. I look at my piercings as handmade artistic additions to my natural self. Handmade artistic creations are typically not perfect. Therein lies its own perfection.
Interesting perspective
@@DiamondsRexpensive Navajo carpet weavers purposely weave an error into each carpet. They believe that nothing is perfect except for God's work and they believe that things are perfect in their imperfection. That was my original exposure to the idea that an error is not only okay but sometimes desirable. And I have since learned some other cultures have a similar practice of sorts. We look for Easter eggs in movies. Sometimes "accidents" are happy ones. Especially in art.
Neilmed piercing wound spray! I cannot recommend this product enough. I just got a double helix, tragus, conch and rook done in my right ear and this product has been overwhelmingly useful! I’m getting a flat and forward helix on this ear soon before moving to my left ear once these are healed up enough.
That’s my fav spray too!! I’ve been wanting a flat, I might get one in the next few months after mine have healed a bit more
@@EmilyDowgialo They are beautiful for a good statement piece! I also have small stretched holes for the first piercing in my lobes! The aftercare has greatly improved from when I started getting piercings in the 00s lol! It’s nice that things can just heal more naturally and how people are caring about the balance and aesthetic.
@@EmilyDowgialo what ear are you getting your flat on?
As someone who has many piercings myself, I have with my recent piercings finally tried the special piercing pillows and I’m not sure why I didn’t know about them when I was younger. I love them and they’re worth it. I had 3 cartilage piercings recently done and they’re a lot happier with me using this pillow.
Where did you buy your got links?
Wait how does this not have like 100,000 views wtf, keep it up, concise clean and helpful!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I appreciate this video. I’m in my 30’s and I’m at the point in my life that I wanted to treat myself by gifting myself the piercings that I always wanted (just second lobe piercings). But I have been admiring so many of the newer or more popular styles of piercings.
I took a pictures of each of my ears and mapped out what I wanted the final look to be and consulted with the piercer when I went to get my lobes pierced. I’m so glad I did, because one of the things I wanted, I just don’t have the anatomy for. The piercer gave me alternate suggestions to think about which was great.
Recently got a conch and I sleep on both sides! I bought a travel pillow and wow what a game changer I wished I realized that was an option for my previous piercings!!
These are such good tips, this is the most in depth video I've seen on curated ears
🙈 Thank you!! I'm so glad you found this helpful
I currently have 11 piercings in each ear, I have pretty much every type you could get or have had them in the past. My best advice to anyone doing this is slow and steady the average person can heal 3 to 4 at a time and most take an entire year to heal so getting 2 or 3 in one sitting and then 2 or 3 more a few months later means you’d have 4-6 all healing at once so none of them will heal their best so wait! Second one side at a time and don’t sleep on them especially at the beginning when your jewellery is larger they can migrate and change angles. And third leave them alone, no twisting, pulling, changing them. Clean once or twice as day either with a sterile saline made for piercings or just warm water in the shower
Thank you for the advice!! My double vertical helix piercings will be healed when i get new piercings they are healing really good taking good care off them and in 6 months im going to get a new piercing!
My piercer has helped me tremendously you’re right my ears and get them where they are today. They’re not finished but they’re beautiful. I love them at the moment that they are where they are now now they’re not finished and I have to wait. I’m giving myself a year off just to give a break for my ears and just so they don’t have any piercings to heal but I’m giving my ears a break, but it’s always important to talk to your piercer. She was the one that help me figure out that I wanted to conch piercings are stacked conch. She help me figure out how to fix back when I was younger I went to a non-professional place to get my ear.
Sleeping on a new piercing can also shift the angle of the piercing itself and make it all wonky. Don’t sleep on them y’all
personally i love the mixture of both silver and gold jewelry. but i loved the advice on finding the right balance!
I think I'm done with just 4 on my left ear but I finally started with my right ear this year and I'm so glad I've been doing it one at a time. Holes can move as it heals and I get to know the type of jewelry I eventually want in it so I can ask the piercer to space it better rather than them sticking to the "standard spacing"
I’ve been thinking about piercing my ears. Redoing my earlobes and then getting my first cartilage piercing. I found a piercing shop that actually has curating services. Great advice!
In order; right ear: 3 lobes, conch, rook, helix, low helix, stacked lobe. Left ear; 3 lobes, helix, daith, low helix, stacked lobe, flat, conchrim/snonch. It took me 8 YEARS to get to this point. Started with my right ear, then one on the left, one on the right etc. Waited till it was completely healed in between. I LOVE my piercings now, you def shouldnt rush them!
Wow 8 years!! I totally agree about not rushing, I feel like I was so excited and rushed
i like that you said subjective. i too have multiple piercings. a good friend, who's opinion i trust, counciled me to stop putting earrings in because the look was too much for our office. she was right but i didn't want my piercings to close. on weekends i would wear earrings. glad i did. new job and now rocking new earrings!
I got a second piercing on my lobe at the mall, and my goodness do I regret it 🙃 It was a gun piercing, so it ended up being too tight and the stud nearly sank into the wound. I literally got up in the middle of the night, loosened the clasp and cleaned it with salt water. Only then did I feel relief and it healed properly. GO TO A PIERCER! 😂
I think your tips are SPOT ON! Start with a side, and I think starting with the inner-ear (near the face), and moving outwards will be the best for design purposes. I started with a daith on one ear, and a rook on the other. Then I decided where I wanted other piercings once I saw how it looked. Keep in mind also that the jewelry you need to be pierced with with won't necessarily be what you put in the end, so it may be better to wait until the piercing is healed enough to switch the jewelry out before adding other piercings to the ear. I ended up taking a photo of each of my ears, and drawing on them to see what I liked best. Make sure to take a side view and a front view photo, because some piercings are visible only at certain angles.
A travel pillow helped me tremendously because I ONLY sleep on my sides. Also wear your hair up as much as possible.
Good idea I never thought of starting from the inner near the face . I’m thinking of conch, Tragus, triple reverse helix . The
Rest of the cartilage I’m not sure . I’m not super crazy about the rest of the outer cartilage , I find it a bit boring ….not sure why I mean it looks good I suppose it’s been over done like the lobes . I’m thinking if I should mirror the ears for symmetry or not , depends on anatomy or if it’s possible dependent on my ears .
But thanks for the advice.
just getting a double conch next week so this came at a great time!
heck yeah that's awesome!! i'm so glad this was helpful and i'm excited for your double conch 😍
I love the layout of this video and honest review.
I'm so glad you liked it
This is also why you talk to your piercer. I talked to mine and she is my year stylist person and she hasn’t pierced my ears since sixth I wanna say August of last year. She won’t be piercing my ears this year because I’m just I’m taking a break but she’s a great stylist and everything but I talked to her about my piercings. We figured out what I want in my ears and she has been such a lovely lady and she’s been helping me create my ears and making them beautiful and so it’s really important. You talk to your piercer because once your piercing. Holes are there and healed and you’ve had them for a couple of years. They no longer Wilcox so you’re stuck with them they’re.
Nice video!I love piercings, i have 15 holes in my left ear and 12 in my right, in the first 3 holes I have hoops in graduated sizes and in the remaining holes huggies, alternating yellow and white gold.Have you thought about making a video of your jewelry collection?
Your piercings sound amazing! Love the idea of hoops in graduated sizes. You've just given me an idea for my next video 😍 thank you thank you! ❤️
I have 2 helix piercings a year apart. First one was impulse and the gun was used (I had no idea), the second with the needle. They have taken so long to heal. I had a silver hoop put in one after a few years and my cartilage became infected. My entire ear was bright red, and stopped where there was no cartilage. I had gone through years of pain and wasn’t going to remove them. My doctor had me on antibiotics and advised I could try bioflex with a flat back. I haven’t looked back, worked like a dream. I would love to get my tragus done, but am worried it will affect wearing ear pods or even ear plugs. Great video!!!!
After a few years? I keep reading about people who did fine with the helix until they decided to change the earring. Now I'm scared.
@@Kay2be2mr it's usually the quality of the jewelry and if you're allergic to it if that helps. Also just be sure to keep cleaning the piercings.
My tip for healing a cartilage piercing is. After you changed it to a shorter bar and it’s still not getting better than CHANGE IT INTO A RING until your swelling goes down! It worked for me…
That's a great tip!!
works for me too!
NO, don't change your piercing until it's healed
This is just asking for issues. Instead, make sure you have implant grade titanium. Rings should never be used in still healing piercings.
I’m not speaking from a professional stand point… I’m speaking out of experience as I stated“It worked for me”… Thanks for sharing if it didn’t work for you ✌🏼
Needless to say, she put my third lobe in the spot where it belongs where you normally would put a third load if the second lobe was perfectly in the perfect centred spot that it was supposed to be but the way she fixed it was she suggested when I went to go get my third lobes done she was like well. You do have a lovely space where we could put a stacked lobe piercing. Needless to say I love that suggestion thought about it for about two months or so went back and got it done along with a second helix I got my stacked load along with my second helix and I love it. I love my ears now she fix that out and it’s beautiful. She put my beautiful, lovely snug piercing and I love that piercing it’s one of my favourites and it’s been a tricky heal but I’m getting it to heal and it’s been getting better and better as it gets older. It’s now a year and two months old so it’s not as flurry as it used to be my snug used to be really like upset all the time and get infected easy but now it doesn’t anymore it’s healing. It’s healthy. It’s doing well, but my snug piercing is one of the things I love and it was one that was suggested to me when I was getting my third helix for my 23rd birthday and it was a present my grandma had paid for. But yes, always talk to your peers are and work with your piercer to curate your ears and make them the way you want. She’ll figure out my ears and they’re coming along and they’re beautiful and I love them the way they are now and I know all of them when they’re finished. I still have some piercings to get him. I still have to finish my ear Curation, but other than that I love them as they are now right now.
Excellent tips. I’m in the market for new piercings and I’m giving a lot of thought to the placement now.
I got my first cartilage piercing 2 days ago. Been watching videos about how to take care of it. I definitely should have done some research before getting one. I didn’t know this takes a long time to heal and there are also risks. But it is what it is. I hope I’m doing everything right and that my piercing will heal nicely. Thank you for this video!
How it doing know?
@@Airya-A it’s healing nicely. The solution I ordered helps a lot!
How’s it going?
Ahhh yes changing the rook is soo frustrating too! Fabulous tips, well done. I’m thankful to’ve seen this before doing more.
Your final result (or result so far) looks great. 🙏
Girl same my helix got so swollen I was so shocked I had no idea it was a common thing to the point they purposefully give you a longer bar. It was swollen for 2 days and I was waking up at night from the pain, so I started salt water soaks and it was only half as red/swollen the next day...and day after that completely gone!
I wish I'd known that could happen sooner and that it was potentially an easy fix.
I was also that person who walked in and wanted a helix piercing on each ear thinking it would be easy to deal with....I am so glad my piercer convinced me it was a bad idea.
Can i ask how you make that salt water? Did you use regular salt? Sorry if my question sounds dumb…
@@starlight3966 I think sea salt is best but I used regular salt and seemed to work fine. I mix half a teaspoon in about 50ml of hot water then top it up with cold. It shouldn't be super salty, roughly like tears saltiness. I hope that helps!
i’m 13 and got a helix piercing a few months ago, it was fully healed but i got a bump and thought if i took the earring out the lump would go away 😃 anyway long story short i need to get it repierced 👍
Thank you for this video. This is so much good information that so many of the other videos don’t even discuss.
You've convinced me i need to go in and switch out my bars for the shorter kind. I got 2 new piercings on my right ear a few months ago, the traegis piecring and then a 2nd on my lobe. the place i went to actually limits piercings to 2 at a time and doesnt do additional piercings before a 4 month wait in between each 2 which is actually really great cuz i went in with no knowledge and was ready to do more but im glad i didn't. It's still healing, i made the same mistake you did where my guard dropped after around a month and it got a little infected cuz i messed with it - i wash my ears regularly, like at least 3 times a day (im muslim/wudu for prayers), so ive been able to keep infection to a minimum but i got them in june and it's october now and i just want them to be fully healed already... i know i still have a long way to go though since like u said a year is typical for healing.. next i want to get 2 new ones on my left lobe (i just have the single lobe piercing there) i feel like that will be an interesting balance. I'm definitely not in a rush now, especially knowing now how annoying it can feel when still healing, I'll take it slow.
Girl silver looks pretty, but gold would look absolutely gorgeous on you.
I had been planning my piercings for years left ear: 3 lobes, tregus, daith, small conch, flat, faux rook, and double forwards helix. Right ear: 4 lobes, tregus, conch, rook, outter helix, single forward helix.
Facial piercing: left double eyebrow, septum, right nostril stud, right cheekbone dermal anchor, left side beauty mark, Lebret.
This is such a helpful video - thanks so much! I am leaning towards a Daith piercing, but now I think I will consult my piecer to evaluate what style I can accommodate... I like the idea of taking a pic and playing around with the look that I would like best
I went to get my daith pierced and my piercer told me that they could do it but it wouldn't be a good idea because that part of my ear was so small. They recommended not getting it pierced as it would cause so many problems. They told me a rook piercing would work great and look good instead and honestly I love it more than the daith.
I got my daith done and I love it. Hurt super mega bad but now that it’s healed enough for me to change earrings out I love it. Also it stopped my migraines
@@irishlynn3989 very cool. I did end up getting my right ear daith done and I LOVE it. I think I'll go rook for my left ear.
For me, cartilage piercings.... They are just too darn sore for too darn long😂. It was many many months, maybe a year. Mine never got infected but sore none the less
I have a tip for people who want Gauged piercings, this includes ur ears, cartilage, septums, whatever it is that u can stretch. Stay at whatever goal size you're reaching for a minimum of 3 months. And no this has nothing to do with the evasion of blowouts, I cannot tell u how many times I've said to myself "Oh imna stop here" and then I don't. I've wasted sooooo much money, so do urself a favor, stretch to ur goal size and just stay there for 3 to 5 months, and if u still wanna stretch then go for it and only buy like three pairs of jewelry at most! Very important, don't buy a haul until' you've stayed a certain size for a minimum of 5 months! Just so people know the sizes by view 2 - 10mm is considered small, 12 - 20mm is considered medium, 22 - 30mm is considered large and anything bigger than 32mm is considered XL. At 30mm that's when u become really well noticed but if u wanna be a freak (it's a compliment in this community to be called a freak) then u gotta go past the 38mm mark. Most popular sizes are 10mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm and 38mm, most common size people stop at is 25mm which is where I'm at and I think 25mm has the most jewelry options available, so yeah, be aware of these things.
I'm glad I saw your video. This was so helpful. I'm rethinking what I want.
Thank you for making this! Very informative. I gotta say though, I really like your placements! Not regrettable at all in my opinion.
Such a helpful video. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. I shall definitely bear all of it in mind. 🙏🏻😃
I have 16 piercings. 8 in each ear and I accumulated them over 16 years. Slow and steady wins the race.
My first cartilage piercing was my tragus too! I got it a little over a month ago now and it still feels a teeny bit sore but otherwise it’s healing really well. I want to get a daith next. I’m trying to get my right ear finished and healed before I start the left ear since I sleep on my left side. This video was super helpful!
My took about a year to heal, that was due to have a few bumps and the jewellery kept coming out and I’d spend like 20 minutes getting it back in. I’ve now had mine for about 3 years and no problems
@@KitKatM22 omg the jewellery coming out of the tragus is the worst mine came out and it took forever to put back in
@@deedeedussard sane. Took like 30 minutes
Great video! I wish I'd have researched ideas and ways to curate my ears before I started as I would have done things a little different. X
I use a round piercing pillow. Good video. Thanks for uploading.
Luckily the one she mostly irritated more than my nonhealed one she luckily the one she did irritate was the one that was healed and was like 10 years old, so I was able to keep the jewellery out and the Holden clothes cause I had gotten that piercing when I was 13 years old so
Absolutely fantastic breakdown of things to think about.
Just had a haircut and was wondering why my helix is so sore now
Right!! I’m getting a haircut tomorrow and have to remember to remind the stylist to be careful haha
I am bummed. I wanted my daith peirced but, I have been told by a couple of peircers that my ear doesnt have the anatomy to keep one. That it isnt thick enough to hold one over time. I wasn't shocked I thought that could be what they would say from pictures of other ears. Just bummed, but glad they were honest.
I had 3 done at the same time, and I have autoimmune disease - It really triggered my autoimmune response and everything got really inflamed. I ended up having 2 of them removed. The tragus stayed in because the piercer couldn't get it out (after a month). It's not inflamed but it does still have a large nub around the back and is not flat to the tragus, but I'm just leaving the hell alone (cleaning it with saline solution) and hoping for the best
Girl, thank you so much! This was really helpful. I loved the idea to photoshop your ear with the earring you’d like just to confirm it is what you’ll really get 😂
I've simply used the orange Dial antibacterial handsoap on all my piercings, including my industrial. Never had an infection.
Same! Also never had an infection.
Interesting to know. I’ll try detol antibacterial soap as we don’t have dial soap in australia
Thanks for your useful info, I think that your piercing curations look nice on you x
When I turned 15 I got my cartilage pierced at Claire's. The lady just told me to clean it with the solution daily and turn the earring so the solutions can get in there. I should have done my research because apparently the type of earring that they use is a big no. The war swells a little bit and you need to have something that would accommodate that. I got it pierced with a gun which was another mistake. Also I was never told and like I said I never did my research on how to properly take care of it so I slept on it a lot. I always cleaned it and I was always careful not to get my hair caught in it or anything else. It never healed up properly because it was always sore. When I took the earring out and tried to put in another one I was so mad and disappointed. None of the earrings I had bought fit. The whole was too small.
Well you can stretch your ear to that size with a taper kit so you can still keep those earrings you bought :)
Awkward I was younger. I went to a non-professional place to get my ears pierced. Long story short. This one lady was cross side. She pierced it correctly in the on my first year, so my second load is perfectly centred and where it supposed to be but on my other ear, it wasn’t it was pierced close together to my first load and so when my piercer saw me she knew that that happened and she said well you have two options you can either take out the piercing with the whole clothes and get it repaired but because at that point by the time she suggested I was 22 at the time I think and I had had my second holes since I was 14 years old so I was like yeah that isn’t gonna work anymore Because my second holes are just stuck I said my my second holes are they are where they are and I will never close and I said because of my low vision and everything that’s just where my piercing has always been so I’m just used to sticking an earring there, and I know where it goes
The Piercings are just stunning on your ears ❤
I got my first set of earlobe piercings back in Late April of this year and for me the pain went down by a lot after a week and since then it has been healing at a steady pace. I usually sleep on my left side but I have no problems sleeping on my back although at the time I wasn't sure if I would stay in that sleep position since sometimes I do tend to toss and turn a bit in my sleep. Luckily I only had a few incidents of moving to my side in my sleep so far and it feels like its almost done healing at 8 weeks. I predict that I can safely change my earrings out in 4 more weeks! I can't wait! :D
I got a rook on one ear and two cartilage piercings on the other ear. I kept them for a year before taking them out and letting them hear. My 3 kids at the time kept smacking them. They kept getting infected and my youngest at the time would climb in bed with us and literally punch me in the ear🤣😭💀 literally so painful. And always infected. I have to wait for my youngest now to get older before I try again. But I used a travel pillow and it was so nice being able to sleep on any side I wanted.
You can sleep on it, just buy a donut pillow, and sleep with your ear on the hole...i just bought a donut plushie for cheap compared to the one you showed and it's perfect!
I need to buy one!!
Another thing with having a too-long barbell is when they're sliding around they're bringing in bacteria and crusties which increases irritation and chances of infection. Downsizing is important!
Yep, I got my conch done at the end of April. I had no issues except after waking up, I changed it out to a shorter normal bar, and it's like I've had this piercing for years now. I downsized earlier than they wanted, but my gut was telling me to do it sooner, and I'm glad I did.
I sewed myself a peircing pillow. It's helped alot
the thing with choosing the metal is that I know I'm a gold girl but they don't really set piercings with any gold metals, only the industrial steel so I'm gonna be stuck with the gold/'silver' look for a while to come haha
steel is wrong for a fresh piercing and shouldn't be used, since it contains a lot of nickel. The only material appropriate for a fresh piercing is titanium which can be anodized to be almost any colour, including golden. That's what a truly professional piercer with updated knowledge will propose to you
@@juliakrol7186 After posting this comment I realised that I had said the wrong material in this comment and it is indeed titanium that is currently in my ear. When I realised it was simply already to late and I forgot where I had left this comment in my 'research' on yt. I didn't know that there were options for colours with this material tho, but I think my piercer simply didn't have that option, my only option was to either have the silver ball or a stone at the end of the bar and I just ended op going with the normal silver coloured ball. It actually looks really good and it doesn't bother me at all that it's a different colour. Thank you for correcting me tho :))
I'm having the shen men piercing next. In my opinion I don't think you should have a piercing done if you have one that hasn't fully healed yet. Once the shen men heals ill have the rook done.
My daughter in law showed me to use a travel pillow fastened at the bottom so that your ear doesn't touch the pillow at all. I had a conch piercing two weeks ago and I have to say I have not had any problems so far.
Uff in the last year I got 5 piercings in my cartilage areas and man! The healing has been tough. My daith has a bump and my two conch piercings are sore and have bumps. I started doing salt soaks a week ago and got some oil from Amazon. Finally they are shrinking 😩
Oooooh mannn that's rough! Good call on the salt soaks that's helped me so much
Ditch the oil! Only use sterile saline. Not salt. That’s going to cause so much irritation which will cause the bumps. NeilMed is the best.
@@dianarose2683 I ordered h2ocean…. Is neilmed better?
@@erica9314 NeilMed is way better. H2Ocean isn’t saline, it has other things added that can actually cause irritation and issues.
Currently in the process or curating my ears I have 3 lobes, a conch hoop, and a tragus on my left side and 4 lobes on my right and I’m getting my daith on my left today and maybe a helix or flat
flats are way easier to heal than helixes :)
@@morgant5680 that’s what I’ve heard, I decided on just the daith that day then in a month or so I’ll get the flat
Love it! My daith is my favorite
Just got 3 new piercings and now I want more lol
I have one of those pillows It's very comfortable but even at that I'd wait a few weeks. That said healing is a marathon not a sprint no one seems to think about that at first you dont know untill youve tried
Heyy👋🏼 Is it okay to get conch piercing both the sides at the same time?
I just got my first helix done yesterday and as of rn I can’t feel it (I could feel it kinda tingling until like a few hours ago) but I’ve been trying to find a saline solution thats effective cuz I just have my Claire’s solution I got YEARS ago cuz even tho I have no problem with my helix rn, but I wanna do it right and clean it regularly to prevent bumps 😅 if anyones curious! I got it by needle and I would say it was a solid 3/3.5 out of 10 on the pain scale, in comparison my lobes (I have 2 on both sides and a new 3rd on one) were a 1/2, theres like 2 rounds to the pain lol the initial piercing and when they insert the earring, accidentally hitting the piercing with ur mask us so real 😭 I forget about it and it hurts a bit, it’s rlly cute tho I don’t regret 🥰
we have the exact piercings in the same places and the same ears i currently have a healed helix, unhealed conch, 3 lobes and a healed daith. i wanna get a traigus next
you’re so pretty! you kinda look like lailli mirza
Just got my tragus piercing today this is the 2nd time hope it heal well this time. Got mine pierced years ago but it didn’t heal properly & swelled so badly. Hope this time my tragus piercing will heal properly 🙏
I slept on my airplane pillow and that worked great, didn’t touch my Tragus at all..
I have the same problem. I think the problem is the the pillow and We always touch Our Helix piercings. The important is don’t touch it ! I know it’s hard to not touch it but it can be help.
Also some piercings your body will reject even if you do everything right.
Very true, and so sad but we gotta listen to our bodies
I have a scaffold, 10mm stretched, conch and helix. Scaffold was the worst to heal but tea tree oil and almond oil carrier together sorted out the pressure piercing bump and helped it heal properly
Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your experiences with your audience ❤
Thanks for the super helpful detailed advice!
Thank you for sharing! I needed to know about the daith which I didn’t not think about as well if the circular jewelry can fit in there!
Great video on ear piercings!! You gave great advice.
I only watched this entire video because you’re a goddess but all very good tips to take into consideration
When I got my helix I was asked what side I sleep on, I said both sides, it really didn’t matter what side I got the piercing on. They recommend me a neck pillow to use so I could sleep on the same side my helix was on, so I wouldn’t accidentally sleep on it, causing a pressure bump. You use the pillow like a hole, not around your neck like an actual neck pillow.
It took my helix so long to heal, it was during the pandemic & my mask would constantly catch on it. I also took the piercing out a lot earlier than they said I could since I was very impatient. A bunch of other stuff happened as well.
If anyone wants more stories about my piercings, just let me know & I can post a video about it on my RUclips channel.
Annnd this is why I can't have any ear piercings 😅 I am SUCH a restless sleeper, insomnia sucks. Hip pain sucks. I toss and turn all night and I CANNOT fall asleep on my back at all. I tried when I had COVID to sleep on my back with my head raised up, ended up staying awake for 3 nights without realizing that it's not possible for me to sleep on my back. Same when I got my wisdom teeth out, ended up staying awake for 3 or 4 nights straight because I couldn't sleep on my back.
I want a faith piercing. I have standard ears pierced however when I was little they pierced it too low so I gotta go to a dermatologist or plastic surgeon to sow it up so I can re pierce it higher.
So I think I wanna get the dairy piercing on the left side of my face. As the lower piercing is on my right ear.
Thoughts?
Did your ears ever feel hot and throbbing after the piercings? I've been applying ice but not sure if hot and throbbing is normal
yes that does happen to me! it should subside within a week or so
Thanks for this video. It helped me a lot.
so glad this helped
I think you could have a second tragus under your exisiting which would look even better.
I actually think your piercings look amazing.
Any good piercer will give you printed aftercare instructions, as well as verbal instructions. I've had my piercings for years, and I kept the now outdated printed instructions. Even now I use Neilmed piercing aftercare spray to clean my healed piercings twice daily. Neilmed is the best to use on piercings new and old. I even still sleep on a travel donut pillow. My latest piercing is a 4 gauge dermal punched conch, which hurt like heck, but is now 3 years old and well healed. It took 9 months to heal. None of my 28 piercings have ever given me a bit of trouble. I downsized when I was supposed to, and followed aftercare instructions to the letter. All of my piercings (except for the dermal punched conch) are at least 30 years old. (Jan Griffiths).
I just got my helix done. I do understand that I cant change it til healed. Instead of a ball on both sides. Its one ball and one flat piece. I dont like it. But I know it is temporary. I am pretty sure I want a white gold bumble bee.
I have a so many piercing but actually never did much ear cartilage except 4 tragus -- all really old!